GSK Stockmann

GSK Stockmann advised DZ HYP AG on the financing of the Upper West high-rise building in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The buyer is Schoeller Group GmbH, based in Pullach near Munich.

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to the Ruby Group on the development plans for its new location on Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm. Ruby will be the future operator of the building, which was acquired by the real estate investment manager Empira Group around a year ago.

GSK Stockmann advised the bank ING Deutschland on its lease of new headquarters in Frankfurt’s “Hafenpark Quartier” with a team led by Frankfurt partner Volker Hofstetter.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Munich partners Andreas Eichler (Real Estate) and Marcel Vietor (Corporate) advised Hines on the purchase of a logistics centre near Frankfurt Airport with a team.

Labour and social security law expert Daniel Nerl has joined GSK Stockmann’s team in Luxembourg as local partner, where he will develop the firm’s new practice in that area. He joins from leading independent business and litigation law firm Kleyr Grasso – together with his Associate Julie Tisserand – and will work closely together with Counsel Marie-Therese Wich. Daniel Nerl has extensive experience in the fields of labour and social security matters. He has been advising clients since 2011 on the entire spectrum of human resources matters by offering a full-service approach from advisory on day-to-day matters (including on- and offboarding, due diligences, general corporate support, etc.) to litigation. In addition, he has been a lecturer for training organisms on HR matters for over 10 years. Daniel Nerl studied in France in Bordeaux and Paris at the Sorbonne and was admitted to the bar in Luxembourg in 2011; he is member of ELSA asbl – Employment Law Specialist Association Luxembourg. “We are pleased to welcome Daniel Nerl and Julie Tisserand to our team. Their strong experience in the field of labour law and litigation as well as their deep expertise of the Luxembourg market will benefit our international client base”, comments Andreas Heinzmann, Partner at GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg. “We are looking forward to working with the new team members who will further strengthen our international capabilities in labour law and litigation. We wish them a great start at GSK Stockmann”, adds Dr. Oliver Glück, Co-Managing Partner at GSK Stockmann. “I am thrilled to join GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg, together with my long-term colleague Julie Tisserand, and am looking forward to working with a strong team on challenging and complex projects”, says Daniel Nerl. The office of GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg opened in 2016 with four partners and has since grown to a team of more than 30 fee earners focussing on the field of Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Investment Funds, Real Estate, Regulatory, Insurance, and Tax. Press contact: GSK STOCKMANN Christina Holl Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 8 80539 Munich T +49 89 288174-275 F +49 89 288 174-44 [email protected] GSK Stockmann is a leading independent European corporate law firm. Over 250 professionals advise German and international clients at our locations in Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Heidelberg, Munich, Luxembourg and London. GSK is the law firm of choice for Real Estate and Financial Services. We also have deep-rooted expertise in key sectors including Funds, Capital Markets, Public, Mobility, Energy and Healthcare. For international transactions and projects, we work together with selected reputable law firms abroad. Our advice combines an economic focus with entrepreneurial foresight. That is what is behind: Your perspective. More about us: www.gsk.de

GSK Stockmann, working with a team of other firms including Troutman Pepper Locke, advised global digital infrastructure company Colt Technology Services on the sale of six of its data centres to NorthC, a data centre operator headquartered in the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Colt will also divest two of its other data centres in London to NorthC’s majority owner DWS Group. The eight data centres included in the transaction are in Amsterdam, Berlin, ‎Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, as well as the two in London. The data centres were part of the ‎assets Colt gained with its acquisition of Lumen EMEA in 2023. GSK Stockmann, working with Troutman Pepper Locke and a team of further local counsel and instructed by Nadine Ramasamy, Alex Galtieri and Annarita Spena of Colt, advised on the German real estate aspects of the deal and also on Colt’s ongoing partnership with NorthC. Colt’s future relationship with NorthC will include Colt retaining network equipment in the divested data centres as part of its global digital ‎infrastructure, which connects 32,000 buildings, spans more than 40 countries, reaches more than 275 ‎points of presence, and includes 10 subsea cable systems‎. The transaction is expected to close in summer 2025. [caption id="attachment_48296" align="alignnone" width="300"] GSK Berlin[/caption] Advisers of Colt at GSK Stockmann: Dr Olaf Schmechel (lead partner, Real Estate/Data Centres), Çağlayan Birkan (Real Estate), Sören Wolkenhauer (Energy), Dr Jörg Kahler (IP/IT), Dr Anna Charlotte Kümpers (Public Law) Contact: GSK STOCKMANN Dr Olaf Schmechel Mohrenstrasse 42 10117 Berlin T +49 30 203907 - 0 F +49 30 203907-44 [email protected] Press contact: GSK STOCKMANN Christina Holl Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 8 80539 Munich T +49 89 288174-275 F +49 89 288 174-44 [email protected] GSK Stockmann is a leading independent European corporate law firm. Over 250 professionals advise German and international clients at our locations in Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Heidelberg, Munich, Luxembourg and London. GSK is the law firm of choice for Real Estate and Financial Services. We also have deep-rooted expertise in key sectors including Funds, Capital Markets, Public, Mobility, Energy and Healthcare. For international transactions and projects, we work together with selected reputable law firms abroad. Our advice combines an economic focus with entrepreneurial foresight. That is what is behind:  Your perspective. More about us: www.gsk.de/en

GSK Stockmann has provided comprehensive legal advice to L-Rea GmbH on the establishment of a joint venture with the BlueRock Group AG regarding L-Rea GmbH’s subsidiary Residea Immobilien Management GmbH. Since April, the BlueRock Group AG, based in Zurich and Berlin, holds a stake in Residea Immobilien Management GmbH as part of a joint venture.

GSK Stockmann advised the fintech company Eleving Group on the completion of the largest offer of shares by way of an initial public offering (IPO) of a privately held company in Latvia and subsequent listing and trading of the offered shares on the Nasdaq Baltic Main List and Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s regulated market Prime Standard. With the IPO, Eleving Group aims to offer investors an opportunity to invest in one of the fastest growing, Baltic-headquartered, and Luxembourg-domiciled fintech companies operating in vehicle and consumer financing segments across 16 markets and three continents.

Based on the successful partnership agreement between GSK Stockmann and the Brexit Institute since 2020, GSK Stockmann will continue to sponsor the activities of the Institute in the field of European affairs for three more years – until 2027.

TopLegal – one of Italy’s leading legal publications – recognized GSK Stockmann as “Italian Desk independente dell’anno” (“Independent Italian Desk of the year”) at the TopLegal Awards 2024 in Milan.

At the prestigious The Lawyer European Awards 2024 in London, GSK Stockmann has been named “Law Firm of the Year for Benelux”. In addition, the firm received the recognition “commended” in the category “Law Firm of the Year for Germany” and was “shortlisted” in the category “European Law Firm of the Year”.

GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg was again recognized as Great Place to Work® for December 2024-December 2025 based on an extensive anonymous online survey with 69 questions conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute. As a result of the study, the trust index shows that 80 % of the team members say that GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg is a Great Place to Work®.

Legalcommunity – one of the largest legal media in Southern Europe for business lawyers, tax lawyers and accountants – awarded GSK Stockmann in the category “Italian Desk” at the Legalcommunity Finance Awards 2025. The Legalcommunity Awards are widely regarded as one of the most important Italian awards in the sector, recognizing excellence in the legal market.

Anna Gassner will be joining GSK Stockmann’s team in Luxembourg as of 1 October 2023. The addition of a new partner is part of the firm’s strategy to further expand its advisory services in the areas of corporate M&A and private equity.

As part of its continued international strategy, GSK Stockmann announces the opening of an office in London, one of the world’s leading business and financial centres, creating new opportunities to strengthen the firm’s capabilities and international footprint.